Rockissue

history—archives and books and discographies

Pete Frame
Internet Archive-d

Ted Gioia

Marv Goldberg's Yesterday's Memories Rhythm and Blues Party

Gonightclubbing Archive

Grateful Dead Archive Online

Hillbilly Music

Hip Hop Hall of Fame

History of Rock 'n' Roll: The Golden Decade 1954-1963

Jack Horntip Collection

Tom Hull

Don Ignacio's Music Reviews

Independent Voices
Complete scans of the the Berkeley Barb, the East Village Other, the Great Speckled Bird, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Realist, many more

Information Is Not Knowledge

Inner City Sound
Internet Archive-d

International Times Archive

Iowa Rock 'n Roll Association Hall of Fame and Museum

Living Archives of Underground Sounds by Don Campu

Louisiana Music Hall of Fame

Greil Marcus

Marmalade Skies

Paul McCartney Project

John McFerrin's Reviews of Music

Memphis Music Hall of Fame

Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum

Minnesota Music Hall of Fame

Mr. Blint's Attic

Monkees Sessionography

Motown Junkies

Musician Biographies

Music of My Life

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Northern Soul Nightshift
Internet Archive-d

Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame

Old Time Blues

Only Solitaire

Perfumed Garden

Pink Floyd The Wall Complete

Playlist Research

Martin Popoff

Native Ground Books & Music

Prince Vault

Prog Archives

Punk Journey: The History of the Melbourne Punk Scene 1977-1987

Residents Official Site

Riddimguide

Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Rockin' Country Style

Rocklist

Rock's Backpages
Subscription library of writings by music critics; free articles

Rock Scene

Rocky 52: The Rock & Country Encyclopedia & Discography

Jeff Rougvie

The Red Saunders Research Foundation
Features numerous discographies, not least of the Aristocrat and Chess labels

Searching for a Gem

Shit-Fi

Tom Simon Home Page

Songwriters Hall of Fame

Soulful Kinda Music
A magazine too

Southern Garage Bands

Space Age Pop Music Page

Spontaneous Lunacy: The History of Rock 'n' Roll - Song by Song

Peter Stanfield

Synth Museum

Texas Country Music Hall of Fame

Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Tinfoil

Trouser Press
Occasional new writings, but mostly full-text scans of every issue of the magazine

Tunecaster

Ultimate Guide to the Rolling Stones

Richie Unterberger

United Mutations

Vocal Group Hall of Fame

What Was Left In

Joel Whitburn's Record Research

White Fang's Who Site

Wilson and Alroy's Record Reviews

Wirz' American Music

World Radio History
Massive troves of digitized materials, including the periodicals Billboard, the CMJ New Music Report, Melody Maker, Musician, New Musical Express, Record Mirror, Smash Hits, and Sounds

periodicals and radio-television programs/ stations

Afterglow

Albums That Never Were

American Routes

Aphoristic Album Reviews

Bearded Gentlemen Music

The Big Takeover

The Blue Moment

Blues and Rhythm

Brutally Honest Rock Album Reviews

Classic Album Sundays

C-Noise

Cocaine and Rhinestones

Dangerous Minds

Decibel
Hall of Fame

Defenders of the Faith

Definitive 1000 Songs of All Time 1955 to 2005
Defunct; incomplete

Fact
100 Best Albums of the 1970s - 100 Best Albums of the 1980s - 100 Best Albums of the 1990s - Fact Writers Pick Their Top 10 Albums - 15 Best Techno Albums You've Never Heard - 50 Best Trip-Hop Albums - 40 Best Post-Metal Records - Greatest Electronic Albums of the 1950s and 1960s - 30 Best Post-Rock Albums - 100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records - 20 Best Goth Records - 20 Best Hip-Hop Records - 20 Best Krautrock Records - 20 Best UK Techno Records - 20 Greatest Ambient Albums

Infinite State Machine

I Think I Hate My 45s

Johnny's Rock Blogs (D. J. Tees Blog)

Joop's Musical Flowers

KFJC (89.7 F.M, Los Altos, California)

Magnet
Top Albums: 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010

Make Your Own Taste

Mark's Record Reviews
"Retired"

New Bands for Old Heads

Old Grey Cat

Organ

Pencil Storm

Perfect Sound Forever

Pitchfork
Best Albums: 2025 - 2025 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010
Best Songs: 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010

Playback with Lewis Porter!

Please Kill Me Online

Pop Chronicles

Pop Matters
Best Albums: 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010

Post-Trash

The Ptolemaic Press

The Quietus
Albums of the Year: 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010

Rebeat
Especially the “Story Behind’ articles

Redundant Chicanery

Reggae Vibes

Riffs, Beats, & Codas

Rising Storm

Rock Music Timeline

RockProg

Rock & Roll Is a State of Mind Blog

Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven

Sounding Out!

Sound Projector

Sound on Sound
Especially noteworthy are the Classic Tracks articles

Sounds Good, Looks Good...

Sputnik Music
Top 50 Albums: 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019

Stereogum
Best Albums: 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 -- Best Songs: 2025 - 2024 2023 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 -- The Number Ones - The Alternative Number Ones

Strange Currencies

Subjective Sounds

Super Seventies Rock Site!

Synapse
Internet Archive-d

Tape Op

Tentative Reviews
Internet Archive-d

That Was Then/This Is Yesterday

WFMU (91.1 F. M., East Orange, New Jersey)

Wilfully Obscure

Carl Wilson, 'Crritic!'

WKCR (89.9 F. M., New York, New York)

WREK (91.1 F. M., Atlanta, Georgia)

WWOZ (90.7 F. M., New Orleans, Louisiana)

virtual reality, head sets

Acclaimed Music

Bandcamp Daily--Lists

Discogs

45 Worlds

Steve Hoffman Music Forums

Insomniac--From the Crates

Rate Your Music

Who Sampled

Year End Lists

random real reality

Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

LTM Recordings

Melkbelly

Mythic Sunship

National Audio Company

Spring Garden Music (Jack Wright, et al.)